Marta Guerrero

Marta

(Spain)

Dolores, sus Labores

Marta Guerrero attended the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid, where she learned the finer points of the profession from painters like Virginia Laseras. She was part of the artistic circles in Madrid, taking part in fanzines and punk bands. She also cooperated on short films, underground plays and artistic happenings.

Dolores, sus Labores

She eventually settled in Barcelona, where he began an association with the publishing house La Cúpula and its magazine El Víbora. She generally worked in cooperation with her husband Alfredo Pons in the La Omerta Studios during the 1980s. Several collections with her work with Pons were published by La Cúpula since 1984 ('María Lanuit', 'Internas', 'Histerias', 'Sarita'). In 1991 she began a solo career, creating among others 'Los Sonidos del Morbo' and her successful series 'Dolores, sus Labores'.

She has made a travel book for Editorial Laertes, and made illustrations for the French text book 'Baguette Magique'. When the new millennium arrived, she designed and produced her own set of Tarot cards, and returned to the performing arts. She also gives workshops on comic art in Toulouse, while continuing to work on illustration assignments for musicians like Maiquez and Cathy Claret, and for scientific journals like Chem soc Rev and Catalysis Science & Technology.